Chess

Course Features

Group Lessons

Our group lessons encourage discussion, a deeper understanding of the materials and proactive collaboration among students.

Weekly Tournaments

We provide an environment for safe tournaments that provides students with ample opportunities for practical application of their training and growth in their understanding of chess.

Online Training Arena

Our online chess training helps students to work on their tactics and play against a computer of a similar level.

Course Content

Overview

Our Intermediate Chess class is for beginners who have some knowledge and have been learning for a year. We go over the fundamentals of the game at each stage and learn about tactics.

Objectives

Essential Tactics Identification Technique: Puzzle Rush
Elimination of Defense: Checkmate
Punishing The Copycat: When To and Not To Copy
Play Against the Coach and Summarize Course Knowledge
Famous Checkmates: Anastasia’s and Arabian Mate
Dismantling Philidor’s Defense: Learn and Master Concepts
Practice Playing Against the Philidor
Second Queen: Dreams Come True
Acing The Italian Opening: Learn and Master Concepts
Practicing Italian Opening
Defending 101: Against Tactics and Checkmates
Clearance and Desperado Sacrifices
Grandmaster Game Analysis
Play Against the Coach and Summarize Course Knowledge
Strong Squares and Outposts
What is Zwischenzug: Introduction to Important Timing
Queen’s Pawn Introduction: Why the d-pawn?
Jumping Over the 7th Rank
Play Against the Coach and Summarize Course Knowledge
The Effective Use of Pawn Structure
Defending Against the Pawn Race
Play Against the Coach and Summarize Course Knowledge

Class Schedule

IN-PERSON: Wednesdays, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Overview

Our Beginner Chess class is for absolute beginners who have no background or experience with chess.

Objectives

Introduction to Chess: Rules, board, notation, names of the pieces and moving the bishop rook and queen
Moving the pieces: King, Pawn and Knight
Special moves, point system and Checks
Checkmate Basics: How to do a checkmate
Stalemate Basics: What is it, is it good or not do it
Practice playing and Capturing Pieces
4 Principles and How to Start a Game
Chess Tactics: Forks, Pins and Skewer
Setting Up a Double Attack: Real Attacks
Exploiting Position, Winning Material
Playing against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
How to Make a Draw: Different Types of Draw
Fool’s Mate and Lighting Attack: How to do it and how to defend it
Endgame Basics: Pawn, rook, knight, bishop and queen
Play Against the Coach and Summarize Course Knowledge
Endgame Basics: Double Rook and Single Queen Mate Techniques
Battery Attack: Basics
Playing against the Coach and Apply the Course Knowledge
Defending Against Checkmate
Defending Against Double attack
First Game Analysis
Course Review with Puzzles and Playtime

Class Schedule

IN-PERSON: Wednesdays, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Overview

Our Advanced Chess class is for beginner-intermediates who have prior knowledge in openings and endgame and have been learning for more than a year. We build more into the strategies which involve 2-3 move thinking.

Objectives

Reviewing the essentials for the beginning of the game
Setting up a Complex Tactic: Sneaky Discovered
Chess Opening Traps: Blackburn, Legal etc.
Horwittz Bishops
Preventing Blunders
Play Against the Coach and Summarize Course Knowledge
Game Analysis: Famous Games
Endgame: Pawn Race and King Chase
Crusher Tactics: Common Themes
Game Analysis: Course Review of Openings
Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
Scandinavian Defense: Learning and Mastering the Concepts
Practice Playing Scandinavian Defense
Introduction to Master Player Brain
Attacking the Castled King: Rook, Bishop and Knight
Students’ Game Analysis
Sacrifice Mate Techniques and Tempo
Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge
The Greek Gift: All Variations
Elastic Band Trap
Double Attack: Chasing and Aiming
Play Against the Coach and Apply Course Knowledge

Schedule

This class is not offered at this time.

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